P Planky_grandson Old-Salt Feb 1, 2006 #1 Feb 1, 2006 #1 Mods If this has been posted previously feel free to delete From the BBC news website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4670412.stm
Mods If this has been posted previously feel free to delete From the BBC news website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4670412.stm
SCoy War Hero Feb 1, 2006 #2 Feb 1, 2006 #2 Someone's probably pinched a couple of AK's and a few pistols to support their shiny new crime empire
Someone's probably pinched a couple of AK's and a few pistols to support their shiny new crime empire
Perevodchik LE Feb 1, 2006 #3 Feb 1, 2006 #3 Weren't they allowed to keep some handguns anyway?, for self defence or some such bollox?
frankie War Hero Feb 1, 2006 #4 Feb 1, 2006 #4 The fact is there was no need to keep any of their previous weapons when they could buy more/new ones. Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain welcomed the IMC report as "positive". "There have been no murders, no recruitments and no bank robberies. Compared to where we were 10 years ago, there has been a sea change," he said. Click to expand... Except on the same day the BBC website has the following: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4668946.stm From which About £26.5m was taken from the Northern bank's Belfast headquarters in December 2004. Some money seized in County Cork was linked to the robbery, but virtually all of the missing millions remain unrecovered. Police on both sides of the Irish border subsequently blamed the IRA for the raid. Click to expand...
The fact is there was no need to keep any of their previous weapons when they could buy more/new ones. Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain welcomed the IMC report as "positive". "There have been no murders, no recruitments and no bank robberies. Compared to where we were 10 years ago, there has been a sea change," he said. Click to expand... Except on the same day the BBC website has the following: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4668946.stm From which About £26.5m was taken from the Northern bank's Belfast headquarters in December 2004. Some money seized in County Cork was linked to the robbery, but virtually all of the missing millions remain unrecovered. Police on both sides of the Irish border subsequently blamed the IRA for the raid. Click to expand...